{"product_id":"ripeness-9781529035520","title":"Ripeness","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1960s Italy, a family secret rips a teenage girl's world apart, only for her to discover its true meaning decades later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust out of school and teetering on the brink of adulthood, Edith is sent alone to rural Italy. Her task is simple: support her sister Lydia, a brilliant but brittle ballet dancer, through the final weeks of her pregnancy. Once the baby is born, she is to make a phone call that will change all of their lives forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades later, Edith is living a contented life in Ireland, happily divorced and unexpectedly free. But when her friend Méabh receives an email from a stranger claiming to be her brother, everything shifts. As Méabh confronts a history she never knew she had, Edith must finally face the truth of that long-ago summer, and the secret she has carried for a lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Sarah Moss\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Historical fiction, Fiction: special features\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 28 May 2026 by Pan Macmillan.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sarah Moss","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320477294970,"sku":"9781529035520","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781529035520.jpg?v=1790654383","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/ripeness-9781529035520","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}